Beth El Synagogue (Shanghai)
For other synagogues called Beth El, see Temple Beth-El (disambiguation).
Beth El Synagogue was a synagogue located in Shanghai, China.
Jewish people began to settler Shanghai in 1848.[1] Most were Sephardic Jews from Baghdad and Bombay.[1] During the 1870s, the Baghdadi Jewish community used rented space for religious worship.[1] Beth El Synagogue was established in 1887.[1] It was located on Peking Road, a major thoroughfares in the English settlement.[2]
Jacob Elias and Edward Elias Sassoon built the Ohel Rachel Synagogue to replace Beth El Synagogue.[1] Ohel Rachel Synagogue opened in March 1920.[1]
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